Did you know Joy Behar was once into stand-up comedy? It’s true, and she revisited her stand-up days on Thursday by delivering a risque joke at Donald Trump’s expense. What did she say? Nothing much, just something about him, push-ups, and an adult movie star.
Her quip came amid a discussion over whether Joe Biden should debate Trump especially now that the former president has become the presumptive Republican nominee.
Following a dominant Super Tuesday performance that saw his last remaining GOP opponent drop out, Trump declared that he would debate Biden “anytime, anywhere, anyplace,” a clear sign that the race has now entered the general election phase.
Trump has refused to participate in any Republican primary debates. But Biden is under scrutiny amid the ex-president’s challenge. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre deflected questions from Fox News’ Peter Doocy on whether Biden’s dodging the debates would raise further questions about the octogenarian’s “mental acuity.”
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She instead told Doocy to “talk to the campaign.” However, the campaign declined to address whether Biden would debate Trump, saying, “That’s a conversation we’ll have at the appropriate time in this cycle.”
During Thursday’s broadcast of The View, Behar opened up about what she thinks about the debate. She actually wants Biden to debate the former president because she believes he’ll beat him hands down. At the same time, she jokingly suggested that the two elderly candidates should also engage in a physical test.
“Biden should just challenge him to push-ups,” she stated, prompting laughter from the studio audience. But that was just the setup for the real punch line.
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“The last time Trump did a push-up, he was on top of Stormy Daniels,” Behar added, eliciting a chorus of laughter from the crowd and her colleagues.
In response to the risque joke, resident conservative panelist Alyssa Farah Griffin exclaimed, “Oh my god.” But her longtime co-host Sunny Hostin opted for her standard response: taking a silent sip from her mug.
Behar was referencing the alleged affair between Trump and Daniels. The former president is currently facing criminal charges in New York over his alleged payments to buy the adult entertainer’s silence prior to the 2016 election.
Basking in the audience’s approval, Behar eventually stood up and took a bow. She also drew more applause for suggesting that Biden should perhaps refuse to debate his Republican opponent.
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“On the other hand, why does Joe Biden have to lower himself to even be on the same stage with this criminal?” Behar wondered. “This 91 times indicted sexual harasser, accused of sexual assault. Why, why?!”
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